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On the Matt Garrett Show in Oklahoma to discuss our research that 2% of the counties account for over half the murders

May 6, 2017 | Featured

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Dr. John Lott talked to Matt Garret on the giant 50,000 watts KOKC about our new research on the geographic concentration of murders in the US.

(Thursday, May 4, 2017, 6:20 to 6:50 PM)

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